A work or residence visa application abroad in the United States — what translation and certification is expected?

This question is specifically about “A work or residence visa application abroad in the United States”, so the answer below starts with what this case actually needs before setting out the general rules. After certification, scan the full set before it leaves your hands. Note who signed each certification and on what date for later reference. If the receiving body confirmed its requirements by email, keep that message with the file. Leave buffer time in case a translation has to be amended or a source document re-issued. Documents with a short validity window should be produced as close to the filing date as possible. Before starting, count the number of certified sets needed before work starts, because extra sets restart the certification steps, then verify the source document is still within any validity window the recipient applies, then check that names are spelled identically to the passport or ID card on every page. The biggest risk in cases like this is doing the certification steps out of order, which forces a restart. A key variable is the filing channel (in person, agent or online), which sets the copy format to prepare. The terms that frame this page are work · residence · visa · application. The specifics here are purpose: Visawork; destination: Us, and those decide which translation and certification level applies. A Thai labour document intended for use abroad is normally translated into the target language, then submitted for certification of the translation to the Legalisation Division, Department of Consular Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and afterwards to the embassy or consulate of the destination country where that country requires it. Thailand is not a party to the Hague Convention abolishing the requirement of legalisation for foreign public documents, so no Apostille is issued for Thai documents. An employment or fund document issued abroad for use in Thailand is first certified under the system of the issuing country, then legalised by the Royal Thai Embassy or Consulate there, and afterwards translated into Thai with the translation certified by the Department of Consular Affairs where the Thai receiving body requires it. That receiving body decides whether originals, certified copies or a given number of translation sets are needed. ILC handles documents only: translation, certified translation, coordinating a notarial services attorney and running certification at the Department of Consular Affairs and embassies. It is not a law firm, does not represent employees or employers in labour disputes, does not lodge Social Security Office benefit claims on an insured person's behalf, and guarantees no decision by any authority, fund or employer. Cost and lead time depend on page count, target language, how many certified sets are needed and the steps the receiving authority requires, so every file is quoted before work starts. Send scans of every page together with the written requirements from the employer, fund, skills assessing authority or receiving body via LINE @NAATI, call +66 80-557-8887 or email ilc@thainotary.co.th.

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